He is a self-made man.

他是个白手起家的人。

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He was proud of the fact that he was a self-made man.

他为自己白手起家而自豪。

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Though active in commerce or the professions, most of the wealthy were not self-made but had inherited family fortunes.

尽管在商业领域或职场活跃着，大多数富人不是白手起家，而是继承了家族财富。

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"Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction and knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you are capable.

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Will the best regime be a small closed society ? that through generations has made a supreme sacrifice towards self-perfection? Think of that.

最优的政体会是一个小型封闭的社会吗,经过多代之后，已壮烈地牺牲于自我完善之中,想想这个问题。

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Maybe one could even say Machiavelli's prince is, in a way, the first truly self-made man.

也还更能说,马奇亚维利的君王是，从某一层面看来，第一位真正白手起家的君子。

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This completely overshadowed her private self made up of years of loyalty, commitment, and high achievement at Lehman Brothers.

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Today 70% of Forbes 400 members are self made and the group continues to trend away from family generated wealth.

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They believe in an impermanent and illusory self made of shifting parts.

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